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E. H. COTTRELL.

NEWSPAPER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.25. 1915.

1 ,387 ,838, Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

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NEWSPAPER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.25. I915.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

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NEWSPAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16-, 1921.

Application filed January 25, 1915. Serial No. 4,229.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Eocnr: H. CorTnnLL, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Vesterly, in the county ofashing-ton and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Newspapers, of

which the following is a specification.

In newspapers as usually produced where the leaves bearing the printedpages are approximately from sixteen to eighteen inches wide and fromtwenty-one to twenty-three inches long, it is well known that because ofthe very large size of the leaves, the location of the fold and theusual poor quality of paper, it is extremely ditficult to hold thenewspaper in a proper position for perusal and it is also difficult toturn the leaves over without wrinkling and tearing the paper and withoutusing an undue amount of room, which latter is very undesirable wherecrowded conditions prevail as in ublic conveyances, etc.

The object of my invention is to overcome the defects and disadvantagesabove enumerated, by producing a newspaper in which the sheets arefolded transversely to the columns of printed matter so that thenewspaper may be very easily held in a con venient position for readingand permitting the very ready turning of the leaves, the newspaper atall times being kept within a reasonable size for easy perusal andhandling.

A further object is to so arrange the printed matter that each side ofeach sheet will bear two printed pages, the two printed pages on oneside of a sheet reading in the same direction and the two printed pageson one side of a sheet reading in opposite directions; as for instance,the two printed pages on the front side of the front sheet reading inthe same direction, the two printed pages on the back side of the backsheet reading in the same direction and the two printed pages on each ofthe remaining sides of all of the sheets reading in opposite directions.

Practical embodiments of my invention are represented in theaccompanying drawings which illustrate a. twelve page newspaper havingits sheets printed, assembled and folded according to my invention.

Figure 1 is a front view in perspective of a newspaper folded andprinted according to one embodiment of my invention, and showing page 1.

Fig. 2 is a back view of the spective and showing page 2.

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective similar to Fig. 1, with the first leafturned over and showing page 3.

F ig. 4 is a back view of the same in per-- spective and showing page 4.

Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively front and back views on a smaller scaleof the embodiments shown in Figs. 1 to t inclusive, with the sheetsunfolded and partly separated to show more clearly the page arrangement.

Figs. 7 and 8 are similar views of a second embodiment.

same in per- Figs. 9 and 10 are similar views of a third embodiment, and

Figs. 11 and 12 are similar views of a fourth embodiment.

The three sheets are denoted by a, b and 0 each of which sheets isprovided with two printed pages'on each side thereof. In the embodimentsshown in the accompanying drawings, the two pages on the front side ofthe front sheet read in the same direction, the two pages on the backside of the back sheet read in the same direction and the two pages oneach of the remaining sides of all of the sheets read in oppositedirections.

The sheets are folded together transversely to the columns of readingmatter along a line between the printed pages and are preferably securedtogether along said fold line.

In the embodiment of a twelve-page newspaper printed and arranged as inFigs. 1 to 6 inclusive, the front sides of the sheets a, b and 0,contain the printed pages 1 and 2, 12 and i, l0 and 6, and the backsides of the said sheets contain the printed pages 7 and 8, 9 and 5, 11and 3.

In the embodiments shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the front sides of the sheetsa, b and 0, contain the printed pages 1 and 2, 3 and 11, 5 and 9, andthe back sides of the said sheets contain the printed pages 7 and 8, 6and 10, 4; and 12.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the front sides of the sheetsa, b and 0, contain the printed pages 1 and 2, 3 and 11, 5 and 9, andthe back sides of said sheets contain the printed pages 7 and 8, 6 and10, et and 12.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 11 and 12, the front sides of thesheets a, b and 0, contain the printed pages 1 and 2, 12 and 4.,

10 and 6, and the back sides of said sheets contain the printed pages 7and 8, 9 and 5, 11 and 3.

In the embodiments shown in Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive, the heading for thefirst page starts at the fold line of the front sheet, while in theother embodiments the heading for the first page starts at the upperedge of the front sheet.

A newspaper produced according to this invention may be perused veryconveniently and may be kept at all times within a reasonable lateralcompass and may be readily perused by turning the leaves over so as topermit the leaves to fall by gravity into position to be easily graspedby the hands of the reader without any danger of wrinkling or tearingthe newspaper.

By the term newspaper I wish to include all large products of anequivalent nature where the size of the product renders the same open tothe disadvantages and defects enumerated, if they were printed or foldedas heretofore and in which such disadvantages and defects would beremedied by the printing and folding of the same in a mannersubstantially as herein shown and described.

It is obvious that various embodiments herein shown and described areonly a few of many embodiments which would be in- V eluded by myinvention; hence I do not wish to limit myself to the structures hereinshown, but

What I claim is:

1. A newspaper comprising a plurality of sheets, each side of each sheethaving two printed pages, and a fold line between the pages, the columnsof printed matter-running at right angles to the fold line, the twoprinted pages on oneside of a sheet reading in the same direction andthe two printed pages on one side of a sheet reading in oppositedirections when the newspaper is unfolded.

2, A newspaper comprising a plurality of sheets, each side of each sheethaving two printed pages, and a fold line between the pages, the columnsof printed matter running at right angles to the fold line, the twoprinted. pages on one side'of each of certain sheets reading in the samedirection and the two printed pages on one side of each of certainsheets reading in opposite directions when the newspaper is unfolded.

3. A newspaper comprising a plurality of sheets, each side of eachsheethaving two printed pages, and a fold line between the pages, the columnsof printed matter running at right angles to the fold line, the twoprinted pages on the front side of the front sheet when unfolded readingin the same direction, the two printed pages on the back side of theback sheet when unfolded reading in the same direction as the twoprinted pages on the front side of the front sheet and the two printedpages on each of the remaining sides of all of the sheets when unfoldedreading in opposite directions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name 1n presence of two witnesses, this tenth day of November 1914.

EDGAR H. OOTTRELL.

lVitnesses I GEORGE BARRY, C. S. SUNDGRE

